Sharp-shinned Hawk? Tucson AZ USA (1 Viewer)

[Birds4Kathy]

Hi, We went to Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson AZ Dec 3, 2018 and saw this hawk (all photos are the same bird). Is it a Sharp-shinned Hawk? I can't seem to distinguish these birds from Cooper's Hawks. Thanks, Kathy

 

[esmondb]

Looks too bulky to me. I think it's a Cooper's but I don't have an ID book in front of me.

 

[nartreb]

First and last photos clearly show unequal-length tail feathers. Cooper's.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Coopers for me too, legs look thick in one shot but not others though?

 

[KC Foggin]

I'm leaning towards a Cooper's as well. Nice images btw.

 

[fugl]

Coopers for me too, legs look thick in one shot but not others though?

That’s because of the angle. Cooper’s (and Sharpie) legs are laterally compressed.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Another for Cooper's.

 

[ceasar]

Cooper's Hawk. See picture #5 where it is perched on top of a pipe. Its Tarsii are too big for a Sharp-shin and over all it looks too big to be a Sharpie.

Bob

 

[Nutcracker]

Legs look thick in all the pics to me! + 1 more for Cooper's :t:

 

[Birds4Kathy]

Thanks everybody. It sounds unanimous. Cooper's it is. One of these days I will find a Sharp-shinned Hawk.